I ride firstly because I love it, like everyone said, it's so fun. I love the way riding a scooter feels. not just the tricks, but riding. with my hands down on the bars, just cruising. I also do it because it's new and different, and freestyle scootering is still relatively unseen, especially in my area. new things are happening in scootering everyday, whether it's tricks, or parts and technology, etc. It's exciting to be a part of that. I'm not an OG or anything, but I was freestyle scootering long before I found this website, so I feel like I've been with it for a while, watching it grow and progress. it's nice to be a part of something so small and new. and lastly, I love how much more of the streets are open to me on my scooter. when I skateboarded, I sucked and I was limited to small stairs and drops, and flat rails at my house and skatepark. but on my scooter I can hit pretty much everything at the skatepark, and tons more in the street like handrails, ledges, banks, gaps, etc. I was just born to scooter!